Misplaced Pages

Xanthomera

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Genus of moths

Xanthomera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Xanthomera
Hampson, 1914
Species: X. leucoglene
Binomial name
Xanthomera leucoglene
(Mabille, 1880)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Xanthozona Hampson, 1910

Specific

  • Erastria leucoglene
  • Metachrostis robusta (Saalmüller, 1891)

Xanthomera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1914. Its only species, Xanthomera leucoglene, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found in central, southern and eastern Africa and on Madagascar.

Its wingspan is 18 mm.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Xanthomera leucoglene (Mabille, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Xanthomera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku, ed. (October 26, 2019). "Xanthomera Hampson, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Xanthomera Hampson, 1914". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  5. Saalmüller, Max (1892). "Lepideptoren von Madagaska". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. page 353, ref. 677.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Xanthomera
Xanthomera leucoglene


Stub icon

This Acontiinae article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: